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F1 Styrian GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP3 and qualifying
Live updates from Saturday's final practice session and qualifying at the Red Bull Ring
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Bottas and Giovinazzi kick off Q2 - an unlikely duo, it must be said.
Green flag
We're off for Part 2.
Perez had moved up to fifth on his final lap too, after earlier struggles. But it's such a tight field that anything can happen in this next season. Anything.
Eliminated in Q1: Latifi, Ocon, Raikkonen, Schumacher, Mazepin.
Ricciardo also just squeaks into Q2 - 0.03s quicker than Latifi! The top 18 all within a second here.
Checkered flag
Vettel just gets out of the drop zone, but Ocon and Latifi fall into it!
Tsunoda gets up to P4, as Giovinazzi gets out of the drop zone too. Raikkonen, however, can't go faster!
Russell fires up to P7 in the Williams, but moves down to eighth as Sainz now improves.
Lots of traffic forming between Turns 8 and 9 - it's like the M25 out there at the moment.
The drivers now fancy a final chance at Q1 laps, either looking to get out of the drop zone or avoid it.
Raikkonen clearly fancied an impromptu beach holiday, dipping a wheel into the Turn 4 gravel.
Gasly went P5, but his lap has been struck off for track limits. Perez, meanwhile, can only find P11.
Alonso now collects eighth from Latifi - the drop zone is currently Giovinazzi, Russell, Raikkonen, Schumacher and Mazepin.
Ocon gets up to P12 on his first flyer, but then Latifi fires up to P8!
Just the Alpines yet to set a lap now - with Ocon and Alonso now getting on track.
And there's the two Mercedes: Bottas goes P2, with Hamilton going fourth - Norris sits between them as it stands.
Leclerc and Sainz went third and seventh, the Spanish driver slotting in between the Aston Martins.
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There's Norris with a 1m04.584s - who goes top but gets pipped to the post by Verstappen with a 1m04.489s!
Stroll now does a 1m05.218, going top briefly, before the two AlphaTauris go first and second.
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Russell now posts a 1m05.752s - and immediately gets sandwiched on the timesheets by the Alfa Romeos - Giovinazzi now going fastest.
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Latifi kicks us off with a 1m05.963s, ahead of the Haas pair. Mazepin has his first timed lap deleted.
Now that's more like it, a big party of cars have now joined the fray.
Ah, here we go - Schumacher, Latifi and Mazepin all take to the circuit to get some early laps in.
Lights green
No takers as the green light goes out...hello? Anyone?
Green flag
It's go time - tick-tock, it's quali o'clock.
How many deleted laptimes do you reckon we'll get in this session? Winner gets...a sense of pride and accomplishment, I guess.
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With 10 minutes until cars hit the track, there's a 30% risk of rain - so it's not particularly likely at this moment in time.
Good afternoon - we're back and ready to roll for qualifying! Within the next hour and a bit, the grid will be all sorted for the Styrian GP - and we'll keep you updated as it unfolds.
It is time for a short breather before qualifying, so we'll be back to bring all the build-up before this afternoon's F1 action!
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Quick reminder that qualifying for the Styrian GP gets underway at 14:00 BST - so in just under two hours - and it won't be one you'll want to miss going on FP3.
Checkered flag
That's it for FP3 - just time for the final laps and practice starts. Hamilton ends the session fastest from Verstappen and Bottas.
Verstappen goes again and improves fractionally with a 1m04.570s, which would have kept him P2 anyway, but he loses that time for track limits running wide at the exit of the final corner.
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"Of course he's in my way every time," Verstappen tells his team over the radio during his earlier push lap. The driver in question appeared to be a certain Lewis Hamilton.
Verstappen puts in a 1m04.573s to go up to P2, two-tenths off Hamilton, but lost time in the first sector due to traffic. The Red Bull driver did set the fastest time in the last sector though.
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Strong showing all round for AlphaTauri again in this session, as Tsunoda moves up to fourth place with a 1m05.150s, two-tenths faster than team-mate Gasly in fifth.
Verstappen, who had been sitting comfortably in his Red Bull F1 car watching others in action, finally returns to the track with nine minutes of practice to go.
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Perez improves up to sixth with a 1m05.394s but loses time through the final two corners due to traffic, which sees Gasly and Leclerc move ahead of him.
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